Kier Transportation is searching for sub-contractors to fill £84M worth of works on the £500M A417 “missing link” scheme, including earthworks, drainage and pavements.
The £500M scheme for National Highways will dual a 5.5km section of road between Gloucester and Swindon, improving the connection between the two dual carriageway sections of…
Utility companies are under fresh pressure to keep road works on time, otherwise they will face increased fines, from which the government said it could raise £100M to improve local roads.
New announcements from the government about improving England’s roads are the first “key measures” delivered as part of its Plan…
A 12 week programme of works from to repair and improve Bodringallt Bridge, which carries the A4058 in the village of Ystrad, Wales begins today, 15 January.
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council said the scheme of works will infill the void under the bridge to stop the bridge deck from…
The southbound tube of Blackwall Tunnel will close for five weekends starting tomorrow, 13 January, so Riverlinx CJV can conduct drainage and gantry installation works for Silvertown Tunnel.
Riverlinx CJV is made up of Bam, Ferrovial Construction and SK Ecoplant and is contracted to build the 1.4km Silvertown road tunnel to link Silvertown in…
Hartlepool Borough Council has approved proposals to build a new £25M A19 bypass around the village of Elwick.
Construction for the Hartlepool Western Link project, previously labelled the Elwick bypass, will include a new grade separated junction, comprising the erection of a circular ramped slip road and overbridge structure to support…
An autonomous robot that detects and fixes potholes will be tested on Hertfordshire’s roads.
The robot identifies and characterises cracks and potholes in the road using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and uses state of the art imaging technology. It automatically fills the cracks to keep out surface water, which in turn helps…
National Highways has completed repairs to unforeseen issues on the Grade II listed Wentbridge Viaduct and is expecting to fully reopen it to traffic in the summer.
The roads operator's contractor Octavius Infrastructure started work on the West Yorkshire viaduct, which carries the A1 over the River Went, in April 2023…
This year National Highways is ramping up work on its £500M project to dual a 5.5km stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire with “offline” construction of the new road.
The section of road to be upgraded is between Gloucester and Swindon and is known as a “missing link” in the strategic…
Preparation for work on two A38 schemes as part of the £50M Bromsgrove Route Enhancement Programme (BREP) in Worcestershire will start this month.
Site clearance and preparatory works are due to start on the A38 through Bromsgrove on what are referred to as Scheme B at the Buntsford Drive and Sherwood…
The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) will reportedly vote on whether to provide a £250M funding package for the planned A66 Darlington relief road.
The long-planned Darlington Northern Link road first started life as the Darlington Northern bypass, a scheme to link the A1(M) at Junction 59, Coatham Mundeville, to a…
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